Wealth Creation Through Natural Resources
Today we witnessed an important breakdown in small cap equities as represented by the Russell 2000 (IWM): IWM (Daily) After spending the last three months hammering out a significant top characterized by substantial momentum divergences the Russell 2000 broke … Continued
Since the post-BREXIT volatility spike (which lasted for two trading sessions) a funny thing has happened, volatility has completely collapsed. The Russell 2000 is on streak of 13 trading sessions within a ~2% trading range with several trading sessions seeing … Continued
A post from Dr. Brett Steenbarger this morning reaffirmed some things that I was already thinking regarding where we may be at in the market cycle. The following excerpt is elegant and insightful: “….the psychological dynamics of market tops … Continued
The following two charts indicate that it’s time to seriously considering adding to OR initiating new equity long positions: The AAII % Bulls is currently below where it was at the 2009 low; this speaks volumes as to the … Continued
Yesterday renowned bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach said 2016 is a “go with it” environment for the Treasury bond/interest rate complex. In other words, investors and traders should follow the trend and not try to fight momentum. If Gundlach is … Continued
Last week was a brutal start to the year for equity markets with the S&P 500 falling nearly 6% and the small-cap Russell 2000 shedding nearly 8% in a single week. The longer term structural damage inflicted by last week’s … Continued
The Russell 2000 (IWM) has been testing an important area of resistance for the last few days: IWM (Daily) This resistance near $115-$115.20 on the IWM also happens to line up with the flat 50-day simple moving average and … Continued
The January effect is the theory that small cap stocks perform better in January than in any other month of the year. This is due to the idea that investors sell losing positions in December to capture losses for tax … Continued
I don’t know much about the news that Apple (AAPL) announced today, but I do know that the market wasn’t impressed and much of it appears to have been priced in already: AAPL printed a bearish engulfing candlestick on … Continued
Bearish sentiment has reached a fever pitch in recent days… The CNN Money Fear & Greed Index has been consistently stuck below 10 in the last couple of weeks Macro funds are now net short U.S. equity … Continued